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Reinis Ivanovs

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
That's because the anti-intellectualism of the populists and Far Right is in direct contradiction to the basic foundations of any civilisation
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” The most efficient travellers are us on bikes. Proven science via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
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The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The US fell seven places in a single year, from 57th to 64th in the press freedom index Estonia can into Nordics 💪
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Mārtiņš Hiršs @mhirss.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
NA atklāti aicina slēgt SIF. Cik negaidīti. Pasaka beidzot kluso daļu skaļi. NA atgriežas pie krievu heitošanas, jo rasisma un... (viņi vispār jebko citu piedāvā?) kampaņa nestrādā.
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Roland Pierik @roleo.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026
The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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No cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in Scotland
A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective".
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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 08/09/2026
A lot of far right politics is just becoming a generic "smash everything" button for anti-system voters. The level of success rests, I think, on how much they can convince a broader coalition to be happy with pressing it too.
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Elza Rāma @elzalama.id.lv · 19/08/2026
“Es nevaru atrast internetā [kur pētījumus izmanto]” “Man bija interesanti uzzināt” ir iemesli, kādēļ Meļņa kungs sasauc publisko izdevumu revīzijas sēdi par FLPP pētījumu lietderību. 🥲🥲🥲
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Jørgen Heszlein @heszlein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Only the Left Has Agency is a functional pillar of a particular style of punditry because admitting that everyone's behavior reacts to political developments rather than just vices and neuroses invites the comparisons (e.g. ICE kidnappings vs mean tweets) that undermine "both sides" framing
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Reinis Ivanovs @slikts.sapn.is · 12/08/2026
10240x3840 izšķirtspēja (neskaitot piekto)
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Vineta Silkāne @vinetasilkane.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Būtu lieliski, ja IZM un LZP skaidrotu, uz ko attiecas trīs rakstā minētie principi (un tas laikam butu kosmoss, ja LZP operatīvi komunicētu ar zinātniekiem). 1.prinicips - kur? Starptautiski vai Latvijā? FLPP, VPP vai ministriju pasūtītie/īstenotie petījumi?
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Tom Coates @tomcoates.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The idiocy of this statement is sort of unbelievable. The one thing Northern Irish loyalists do *not* want is to be Irish.
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Elizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Where does “the media doesn’t see me as strong” justification for bombings fit into jus in bello?
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Thomas Penny @thomaswpenny.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
"Useful idiots" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Tommy Robinson meets Elon Musk’s father in Moscow
Activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, shared video of his meeting with Errol Musk
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/05/2026
Q: Trump's financial disclosures show a lot of stock trades in companies he has promoted-- JD VANCE: This is a hell of a question Q: How can you argue you are cleaning up corruption when the president is doing this? VANCE: C'mon man. Have a little bit of objectivity in how you ask these questions
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Aija Kažoka @aikazoks.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Pat, ja neņem vērā, ka Kulbergam daļu smadzeņu veido asfalts, manuprāt, ir bīstami par premjeru virzīt cilvēku, kurš uz līdzenas vietas spēj ģenerēt pašsacerētus "faktus" un acumirklī pats tiem noticēt, kā arī pārdroši piedāvāt sarežģītām problēmām "risinājumus", kas ir pilnīgā pretrunā ar zinātni.
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Aija Kažoka @aikazoks.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Publisks atbalsts @martakotello.bsky.social un satiksmes mierināšanas iniciatīvām RD šobrīd, manuprāt, ir absolūti nepieciešams. Ja jau t.s. ceturtajai varai ērtāk pieskaņoties dominējošajām grupām un to aizstāvībai, nekas cits neatliek kā indivīdiem atkal sapurināties pilsoniskajā atbildīgumā.
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Satori.lv @satorilv.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Jaunatnes organizācija "Protests" bija centrāls sākotnējais spēks pērnā gada protestu vilnī.
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Latvijas PEN balvu saņem jaunatnes organizācija "Protests"
Balva piešķirta par darbu, kas ieguldīts, sadarbībā ar citām nevaldības organizācijām rīkojot 2025. gada protestus pret izstāšanos no Konvencijas pret vardarbību, tostarp vienu no lielākajiem protesti...
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Even saying that Musk is posting "about race" is softening what is happening here, which is that the world's wealthiest person is committing himself to spreading overt Nazi propaganda.
"Elon Musk’s near-daily online posts about race are turning off some fans
The billionaire posted 850 times on the topic in recent months, almost triple the rate for the previous two years."
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Let's spin up the broken record. If we're serious about CO₂ removal, we can't rely on one tech company to make it happen. It has to be a governmental effort at all levels.
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Scoop: Microsoft Is Pausing Carbon Removal Purchases
The tech giant had been by far the nascent industry’s biggest customer.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
The difference isn't about tone or intensity of grievance. Both forms can be angry, confrontational, disruptive. The difference is structural: how does the system respond to correction, disagreement, and failure? Does it learn, or does it escalate?
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
A technocratic stack: moral authority sits with expertise. Evidence is rigorous but opaque. Deliberation is minimal, disagreement is reframed as ignorance. Accountability is metric-based. It fails when its authority outpaces public consent. Sound familiar?
The same cyan cylinder format as the previous image, against a black background, but now populated with a specific archetype. The label at the bottom reads "Technocratic" in bold white text on a dotted border, identifying this as one instance of the analytical framework from the prior diagram.
The seven stacked layers from top to bottom read: Legitimacy erosion, Credential status, Performance metrics, Limited consultation, Internal review, Optimising, and Expert authority. Together these describe the characteristics of a technocratic mode of governance — one grounded in expert authority and optimisation, relying on internal review and limited consultation, measuring itself by performance metrics and credential status, and ultimately vulnerable to legitimacy erosion as its failure mode.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
This is epistemic humiliation: the arrangement of political culture so that large populations experience their democratic voice as both practically irrelevant and morally suspect. Experts know; you merely feel. Your feelings are noted, but they shouldn't govern policy.
“The tyranny of merit arises from more than the rhetoric of rising. It consists in a cluster of attitudes and circumstances that, taken together, have made meritocracy toxic. First, under conditions of rampant inequality and stalled mobility, reiterating the message that we are responsible for our fate and deserve what we get erodes solidarity and demoralizes those left behind by globalization. Second, insisting that a college degree is the primary route to a respectable job and a decent life creates a credentialist prejudice that undermines the dignity of work and demeans those who have not been to college; and third, insisting that social and political problems are best solved by highly educated, value-neutral experts is a technocratic conceit that corrupts democracy and disempowers ordinary”
― Michael J. Sandel, The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Michael Sandel, in The Tyranny of Merit, identified a specific and devastating form of this at scale: meritocratic humiliation. The system doesn't just fail people, it tells them their failure is deserved. If you didn't succeed, it's because you lack merit. Your resentment is just envy.
The cover of Michael J. Sandel's book The Tyranny of Merit, subtitle What's Become of the Common Good.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
That architecture has now been replaced. Social media platforms curate what most people see. Their logic isn't verification, it's engagement. Whatever holds attention gets amplified, regardless of truth or consequence.
A side-by-side infographic titled "The Great Information Shift: Pyramid vs. Network," with a dark blue banner header and subtitle about the move from 20th-century top-down control to 21st-century decentralised information flow. 
Left half — "20th Century: Hierarchical Pyramid": A pyramid made of blue blocks, narrowing to a single block at the top crowned with a microphone and a crown icon, labelled "Top-Down Authority." The middle layer is labelled "Institutional Gatekeepers (Centralized Verification)." At the base, a crowd of grey silhouetted figures represents the "Passive Public (One-Way Flow)." Blue arrows point only downward from the top through the gatekeepers to the public, emphasising the unidirectional nature of information.
Right half — "21st Century: Flat Network": A web of interconnected orange nodes and lines forming a dense mesh. The nodes are all roughly equal in size and represent different actors — icons depict news outlets, social media likes, megaphones, cameras, screens, and people — labelled collectively as "Equal Nodes: Institutions, Influencers, Citizens." At the centre sits a gear-like icon labelled "Algorithmic Amplification." Orange arrows radiate outward in all directions between nodes. The bottom label reads "Multidirectional Exchange (Real-time Feedback)," and a side label identifies participants as "Producer-Consumers."
The overall argument is that information flow has shifted from a hierarchical, one-way broadcast model to a flat, many-to-many networked model where everyone both produces and consumes content, mediated by algorithmic amplification rather than institutional gatekeeping.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
🧵 Democracy feels like it's in a rough state at the moment across the globe, and we hear various explanations, like polarisation, extremism, disinformation, and loss of trust. But what if those explanations are mainly symptoms and we've been trying to treat them rather than the underlying causes?
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Tuesday is officially war crime day everyone!
A Donald Trump Truth "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP"
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Reinis Ivanovs @slikts.sapn.is · 03/04/2026
Par nožēlu, bet kā vienmēr LSM auditorija tiek maldināta ar viltus neitralitāti, atstājot tukšumus kontekstā, kurus lasītājam pašam aizpildīt ar nepareiziem minējumiem, ka šis vienkārši būtu pārāk stingrs un tāpēc pretrunīgs likums nevis skaidri rasistiski motivēta vardarbības eskalācija
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The US has it's own Cargo 200 problem.
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Aija Kažoka @aikazoks.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Vnk nevēlos, lai šis likums, pēc kura balsojuma Izraēlas valdības locekļi, demonstrējot sajūsmu, publiski laistījās ar šampanieti, paslīdētu garām nemanīts. Jo Izraēla ir pirmā valsts vēsturē, kas pieņēmusi likumu par nāvessodu, kas attiecas tikai uz vienu etnisko grupu. www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...
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Izraēlā varēs piespriest nāvessodu palestīniešiem par slepkavībām
Izraēlas parlaments Knesets pirmdien, 30. martā, trešajā un galīgajā lasījumā pieņēma likumprojektu, kas atļaus piespriest nāvessodu palestīniešiem, kuri ir atzīti par vainīgiem Izraēlas pilsoņu nosle...
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Washington Post says Russia’s SVR discussed staging an “assassination attempt” on Hungary’s PM Orban to boost him before April elections. No attack happened, but a European intelligence service obtained the SVR report, per WP. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
I'm seeing a lot of these fake Donald Trump truths being posted on BlueSky (and lesser sites) at the moment. Its pretty easy to check, and you owe it to yourself and other people before sharing it.
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state song thread guy @statesongxprt.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
    [Four full-width panels arranged vertically, each with a label for number of hours elapsed, with a title above the stack of panels.]

    Title: As a project wears on, standards for success slip lower and lower.

    [Megan is standing behind Cueball, watching him as he sits at a desk working on a desktop computer on the desk.]
    Label: 0 hours
    Cueball: Okay, I should be able to dual-boot BSD soon.

    [Cueball is on the floor fiddling with the open tower in front of him. Megan is not shown in the panel, but may be off-panel unless Cueball is talking to himself.]
    Label: 6 hours
    Cueball: I'll be happy if I can get the system working like it was when I started.

    [Cueball is standing in front of the computer, which now has a laptop plugged into the tower. Megan is still not shown in the panel, but may be off-panel again.]
    Label: 10 hours
    Cueball: Well, the desktop's a lost cause, but I think I can fix the problems the laptop's developed.

    [Cueball and Megan are swimming in the sea; an island and a beach can be seen in the distance.]
    Label: 24 hours
    Cueball: If we're lucky, the sharks will stay away until we reach shallow water.
    Megan: If we make it back alive, you're never upgrading anything again.
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rimidar @rimidar.au · 19/03/2026
smol bean militarism is gonna be one of the dumbest fucking artefacts of this conflict and that is saying something
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Michael Colborne @colborne.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Biggest gainer in Dutch local elections yesterday: the far-right FvD, who saw their vote count almost quadruple to near 300K, from 1 per cent in 2022’s local elections to 4 per cent this time nos.nl/artikel/2606...
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Lokale partijen zetten opmars door, opkomst hoger dan in 2022
Opvallend is dat in meerdere gemeenten partijen die vier jaar geleden nog niet meededen, meteen de grootste zijn geworden.
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Genuinely just bonkers to watch the USA do this to one of the most successful and innovative hubs of scientific research the world has ever seen. All those years of Free Speech On Campus debates and it turns out they actually wanted less cancer research. Absurd.
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Young European Greens @fyeg.org · 11/03/2026
‼️ The @eppgroup.bsky.social "centrists" are doing the far rights' dirty work on migration. On Monday, they struck a murderous deal on the Deportation Regulation, allowing mass deportations and up to 2 years in offshore detention camps, even for children. fyeg.org/stop-mass-de...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/03/2026
Pete Hegseth's murderous buffoonery, coming amid a lifetime in which he's betrayed everyone close to him and failed up from one disaster to the next, is a perfect example of how the appeal of Trumpism is that it creates a permission structure for people to openly be their worst selves
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 06/03/2026
No interruptions, please. We’re building universal child care.
Mayor Mamdani and a child play with Legos while looking very serious and concentrated. The child is impossibly adorable and wearing tiny blue glasses.
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Aija Kažoka @aikazoks.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Šī atziņa burtiski katru dienu iesit pa seju.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
manufacturing consent through lowly paid influencers
Two photos. The first shows Catturd tweeting: Name one US inspired regime change that hasn't ended in absolute disaster

The next tweet shows him posting an AI illustration of Khamenei turned into a pile of dust. It says "I'm eliminated." Two tweets. The first shows Laura Loomer promoting her show, where she says "A message has been sent that we are not interested in going back to the way politics were prior to Donald Trump, prior to 2016. We don't want warhawks. We don't want any more Neocons. We want American First. Period. End of discussion."

The next tweet says: Today is a great day. 

Our military is amazing. 

@PeteHegseth
 is an absolute killer. 

Now you see why the Deep State worked so hard against him. 

It’s great having a Sec War who has Infidel literally tattooed on his body. 

He actually gets it. 

God bless him.Two tweets. The first shows Will Chamberlain tweeting: The Republican Party is no longer the party of regime change and endless wars. If you want to be its standard-bearer that is a non-negotiable position.

The next tweet shows him posting "Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead." The tweet has a USA flag attached. Two tweets. The first shows Gunther Eagleman tweeting: "Warmonger Lindsey Graham just rushed to Fox to advocate for U.S. involvement as soon as he could.

He is also pushing for a US-backed regime change in Iran.

I would like to renominate Graham to get a one-way ticket to the frontlines of every war he wants America involved in." There's an attached video of Graham speaking. 

The next shows Eagleman tweeting: UST IN! President Trump is HARD AT WORK all weekend after the massive strikes on Iran!

He’s already on the phone with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte! 

Trump is a machine!" There's an attached video of a news segment about the war in Iran.
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Aija Kažoka @aikazoks.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Kas mani uztrauc, pat ekspertu mutēs(piem.Rozenvalds), ir nu jau mediju diskusijās plaši tiražētais apgalvojums par Pro un ZZS savstarpējo apsaukāšanos, kas jau izgājusi no sliedēm. Varbūt esmu ko palaidusi garām, taču neesmu manījusi Šuvajeva, kas galvenikārt pārstāv Pro, runā apsaukāšanās pazīmes.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Democracy is an epistemic discipline, it only works if truth can constrain power. Without a faster, more transparent architecture for shared reality, the arc of democracy bends away from substance, through simulation, and toward authoritarianism. Without major action, it's the inevitable end state.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
In “simulation,” the functions invert. Verification becomes loyalty testing. Deliberation becomes spectacle. Accountability becomes partisan punishment. Democratic form remains, but democratic function is gone. Sound familiar? 🇺🇸
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
As I've written before, people don’t trust institutions because institutions aren't doing the job. Democracy rests on three pillars: Verification, Deliberation, Accountability, which can be understood as being substantial, performative, and simulated. demos.co.uk/research/ver...
demos.co.uk
Verification, Deliberation, Accountability: A new framework for tackling epistemic collapse and renewing democracy
Demos is Britain’s leading cross-party think-tank. We produce original research, publish innovative thinkers and host thought-provoking events.
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
A regime that finally backs down when confronted by a united Europe is still tough enough to kidnap a five year old after preschool. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials
Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 19/01/2026
1️⃣ He didn't say that. 2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him. 3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling. 4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it. 5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented. 6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.
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